Many people have absolutely have no idea that actually wearing a decent vintage girdle that is firm and boned has serious health benefits. It has to do with the fact as humans we stand erect, standing erect with gravity over a period of time does have a very negative effect by pulling our internal organs out of their normal natural position. Choosing to wear a decent vintage style girdle everyday will for sure counteract this negative effect by supporting and holding your internal organs and your stomach muscles in their normal and natural position.
Women who choose not to wear a decent girdle or corset daily and once they become pregnant stand a very good chance of losing their figure. There is now evidence if a women chooses to daily be in a well fitted girdle and is pregnant she will not lose her figure. A woman needs to start as early as possible wearing a girdle daily (ideally by no later than 12 years old) once married and become pregnant a woman should wear a pregnancy girdle during pregnancy, as soon as delivery they should go right back to a regular girdle without question. This will guarantee of you not losing ones figure, which sadly is all to common. Below are the steps to take to benefit daily being in a girdle. Do not listen to negative opinions that girdles are uncomfortable and other stuff – they are just not true.
Please read these articles – this was a study done by Cornell University back around 1958 but it still applies today: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Posture_%26_Foundation_Garments
This article was done by the University of Nebraska in 1956: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=4304&context=extensionhist
Men can also benefit from being girdled, by not wearing a decent girdle daily you stand a very good chance over time standing erect will have a very negative effect on your body and your internal organs and muscles. A decent vintage style girdle that is very firm and boned will hold and will give well need support of your internal organs and hold them in their normal natural position.
If you can it is a good idea to find a professional corsetiere for both a fitting and some helpful consulting. Below are some tips on how to become use to and be able to benefit from daily being girdled. You might find following these instruction you will be pleasantly surprised, I was.
1. First being fitted in the right kind of foundation garment for your life style and your figure. This has a lot to with how active you are. If you are less active a corset might be good for you, if you are more active being in a vintage girdle that is firm and boned is best for you and allows you to be very active. To get the best benefit of a decent vintage girdle, first measure your hips and your waist, make sure you purchase a girdle that is 2 sizes tighter. Do not be concerned about going tighter keep in mind a girdle will stretch and going tighter does give you needed control and support. You obviously do not want to go too tight which will also give you a muffin top and can become quite uncomfortable. Using your normal measurements will not give you needed support and control.
THE DIFFERENCE IN A GIRDLE AND A CORSET. A corset will pull and hold your stomach in and give your figure molding and training. If you choose to be corseted keep in mind a corset can potentially restrict your movement, but it will for your sure hold and support your stomach and is very helpful for figure training. It is recommended that if you are going for figure training when out of a corset you need to be in a vintage girdle to help support your figure. If you go with a corset there are what are known as corset liners, it is a good idea to instead of wearing a corset liner but to wear a long legged high waisted panty girdle under the corset.
A girdle does not really pull you in and hold in your belly like a corset, but will give you well needed support and control.
In my case I am quite active, my corsetiere talked to me about this, for work I sit a lot working on computers which has had a very negative effect on my posture, she put me in Rago 6210 a long legged high waist boned and zippered panty girdle which I personally found very beneficial for sitting and standing and just getting around, but still allowed for me to be very active. I found my posture improved 100 percent – I was really amazed how wearing a decent girdle everyday is so beneficial. I also discovered I have far more energy.
There are of course other girdles like Custom Maid 299 – Custom Maid 612 – Rago 6224 – Grenier 1557 – great girdles that I do recommend.
2. Learn how to properly put on a girdle to get the most benefit of being in a girdle. Lay down on your bed, lean way back, pull up your knees this takes your internal organs and pulls them back into their normal natural position. Then pull up your girdle hook up the hooks and eyes and pull up your zipper and stand up. I was amazed how great I felt when I stood up being well encased, held in and supported, I had much more energy and 100 percent improved posture.
3. Learn how to keep your stomach relaxed and just rely on a girdle and foundation wear for supporting your posture. Do not fight against the girdle keep a open mind and just allow things to happen. This is probably the most important part, but one of the hardest things to do. It takes time to get use to being in a vintage girdle like a few weeks to even a few months, but it is really so beneficial. Remember the girdle is designed to hold and support your internal organs and your stomach and back muscles in their normal natural position. Just be patient with yourself and keep reminding yourself to keep relaxed. What you will experience is much more energy and confidence, but it does take time, it is seriously well worth it. What I found for myself after a few weeks you do get to the point where you feel quite uncomfortable if you are not girdled.
4. Then developing a daily routine – wake up each morning, clean up and put on your girdle. Go on with your day. Keep in mind also developing a daily routine and habit can also take a few weeks to months, so be patient with yourself, the benefits are definitely there. There is a misconception that wearing a girdle is for only getting dressed up, a girdle should be also worn when just relaxing around the house in shorts, sweats, watching television, reading, or just working in your garden.
It is at first a good idea to purchase a minimum of 3 girdles, one to wear, one in your girdle draw, the other to cold wash and air dry. This way for sanitary reasons it is a good idea to rotate daily. If you are somewhat concerned about being in a vintage girdle that is very firm and boned it might be a good idea even though not really recommended to first start with some form of light shapewear like Spanx then move to a lighter girdle – then go to a moderate – and finally to a very firm vintage girdle. Another recommended way to become use to the benefits of a girdle is purchase a decent vintage girdle start out wearing it for 2 to 3 hours a day, if your girdle at first becomes somewhat uncomfortable take it off and go without a girdle for short period of time and then put the girdle back on, or go into your girdle draw and change girdles.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN: OBG (Open Bottom Girdles) and LLHWPG (Long legged high waist panty girdle). It depends a lot on your figure and your personal needs to which type is best for you and of course your personal tastes. OBG you should wear hose to attach to your garters on your girdle – your girdle will hold your hose in place. LLPG or LLHWPG can offer you both you can wear hose attached to the garters on your girdle or you can wear with panty hose over the top of the girdle or just wear the girdle. All of this has to do with personal preferences and your needs likes and dislikes.
In a women’s case it is best to wear a long line bra along with a girdle to get the best out of foundation wear. Keep in mind both a bra and a girdle are meant to go together and actually compliment each other.
LITTLE KNOWN: There is also a large misconception that wearing a girdle or a corset is just for getting all dressed up. This is not true, a girdle or a corset should be worn everyday without question even when just relaxing around your house in shorts and sweats. Going to the gym working in your garden riding your bike watching television.
IMPORTANT: Keep in mind everybody is different, some people can just jump right in and go right away into a vintage girdle, some it can take longer. Keep a positive outlook and a open mind, trust me the benefits are there being daily girdled, you really will be happy after you went through “Girdle Training”.
If you have any questions or comments we would love hearing from you.
Please put comments and questions: http://www.voy.com/224381/
There is a girdle chat room: http://www.chathour.com/chatroom/Girdle_Chat
If you want to personally ask me any questions you can reach me at toms_0321@yahoo.com
One last important thing please do whatever you can to spread the positive word on how truly beneficial vintage foundation wear really are.
Let me know your comments and your personal experience with a girdle or a corset.
Recommended professional corsetiere who can help you. Her name is Christine https://irenesfittingroom.com/ phone: (707) 303-7261
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Hello to everyone my name is Bev I am a 35yr old female who was lucky enough to meet Tom a few months ago. My experience with foundations started out just as described by Tom and Mr. Klaus. I had bought a flimsy body briefer in an attempt to make my dress fit better for a wedding. I received some compliments on the way I looked so I guess it worked. When I got home it was put in the draw never to be seen or heard of again
Then while shopping on line one day I was directed to a girdle chat room. A lot of the postings was from this gentleman named Tom. He had what i thought at the time was some rather strong views on girdles and that all women should wear one. The next thing I knew we were chatting and exchanging emails. he suggested some web sights I should read as well those that sold girdles and other foundations.
I purchased a Rago 6210 with a matching long line bra which Tom approved of. After many chats and emails Tom agreed to help me with my girdle training and has been doing so ever since.
I wear foundations everyday now no matter what is going on that day. Its like I cant help myself. I wake up, brush my teeth, shower, and put on my girdle, long line bra, and nylons for the day.
Never posted any thing before but I wanted to thank Tom. Hope I didn’t ramble along to much .
Thank you
Bev
Toms, thank you for this article. Most people know about girdles only from hearsay. With the decline of the girdle during the 70ties a lot of knowledge about girdles and girdle wearing was lost. These days there is left the prejudice that girdles are oldfashioned and uncomfortable.
Most women (and only few men) wear girdles. When a woman wears a girdle it often is only for a special occasion. And not being used to it, the girdle is called uncomfortable. As a result they give up.
Of course a girdle is tight (it has to be to fulfil its function). A girdle may restrict your movements. When wearing a girdle for the first time you may feel uncomfortable with this restriction. It needs some time to get used to it. When girdles were part of every womens daily wardrobe, girls at a certain age would introduced to girdles by their mothers. Getting her first girdle and nylon stockings was part of growing up for a teen.
It is sad that many people will never try and become aware of the benefits of girdle wearing. And there is one important issue. Wearing girdles as a male. There is no reason why a man should not wear a girdle. A male will benefit from a girdle the same way a woman does.
I am happy that with the support of my wife I learned to wear girdles and have been wearing for more than two decades. Experiencing the impact of being girdled I can not imagine to go without one again.
I hope your article will help to convince many people – regardless whether women or men – to try and become serious girdle wearers.
Klaus thank you – I agree there is so much misinformation about the benefits that wearing a decent vintage girdle daily offers. Do me a favor and do what ever you can to spread the word “Vintage Girdles Are Great” worn every day.
Yes you are correct most women will just wear a girdle for special occasions, and they wear Spanx which is useless, but by doing so will never be able to experience the real benefits a vintage offers a woman worn everyday even when just relaxing around the house. Women would be really pleasantly surprised.
If both males and females just followed these steps I put on down here and kept a open mind within a few weeks you will find you do become quite comfortable and you really look forward to wanting to be girdled daily, and you will experience and pleasantly surprised how beneficial being in a vintage girdle really is.
Toms, I don´t think Spanx is useless. For young women (and men) wearing Spanx may be a good start. Most younger people never had contact with girdles. Although you can´t compare Spanx or other modern shapewear with classic girdles, wearing these may help to familiarize people with the idea. They will learn about the benefits, even if not full scale. I can imagine that at least some of them will graduate to something with more control and will try a girdle then.
The main idea is to get them used to wearing some kind of forming garment on a daily basis. As long as women only wear shapewear for some special occasions they will never get accustomed and will alsways feel shapewear as uncomfortable.
For me it is funny that women don´t care if some fashion things are uncomfortable or not as long as it is modern and fashionalbe. Women wear high heels. Not really made for walking but they sitll do.
If they are not attracted to girdle wearing it has nothing to do with a girdle being uncomfortable (which is not the case as both of us knew) it is that girdles are not recognised as beinge fashionable. if we could change this, girdle wearing would become more normal. Can you imagine what would happen if some Hollywood celebreties would wear girdles?
Another problem is the limited availability. Look at traditional brands like Playtex or Triumph. They don´t offer girdles anymore.
Klaus – you are correct Spanx probably is good for a starter girdle to help women get exposed to some form of support for their figure.
From what I am observering there are some Hollywood clebreties that are starting to get into girdles http://www.etonline.com/news/160788_celebrities_who_waist_train/
Interesting that some celebrities do waist training. A good example. Only a small step to girdle wearing. Let´s hope that many will follow. Spanx for starters may help women and men to develop a conscience for theier own body. And maybe it helps to try a girdle and discover the benefits of being girdled. The magic of the girdle is there. It just needs to be discovered. And the message has to be declared. Let´s work on it.
Interesting article, i love it, you did a nice job here
Being a definitive Baby Boomer, having been ushered into this nice, peaceful world in February of 1957, I grew up with a mother who saw her 20th birthday in 1955. So, of course she was completely conversant with the world of open bottom and long legged panty girdles, corsets, long line bras, and the works by the time I came along.
Since Pantyhose as we know them now, didn’t actually hit the open consumer market until about the mid-1960’s, having already been narrowly available (with a high price tag to match!) to performing artists – actresses, dancers, etc., – due to the influence and marketing demands of tap dancer, singer, and actress Ann Miller, during the 1940’s. Miller, who became consistently frustrated with the bad results of the handmade versions produced by costume departments for wear during high-tension, rapidly paced dance routines, involving lots of stress and strain on the seams connecting the panty with the extra long stockings used to produce them, consulted with hosiery producers and costume departments, eventually helping to come up with a more durable one-piece garment, even though made from much more delicate, sheer yarns, which eliminated garters all together, and the unstable seams produced by the handmade versions. However, it took a couple of decades before hosiery manufacturers found a ready and willing market for their product, brought about by the increasingly higher hemlines of “street costumes” in the form of mini skirts, hot pants, etc. And, as always, economies of scale brought the prices down of both the product and the high tech knitting machines used to create them, to the point where they were within reach of most young ladies’, (or their mother’s) budgets!
My own introduction to the world of ladies lingerie was on the cusp of the fade out of such heavy duty foundation garments as girdles and corsets, and the transition across garter belts and stockings into Pantyhose. I had of course worn tights/leotards as a young girl and into my teen years in cold weather, up until the time when dress codes for girls in public schools, in 1970-71, when I was attending a five year high school in 8th grade. Wearing dresses while trying to keep one’s legs from becoming “leg-cicles” underneath the school dresses of the day was frequently fighting a losing battle! Especially in dark, early winter mornings at the bus stop 1/4 mile from my house, followed by a somewhat chilly, lengthy ride to school across town, arriving just in time to have to abandon a finally-warm school bus and make our way through the cold parking lot to inside the building! My first foray into “grown up girls” lingerie involved my first purchase of two pair of nylon stockings in a plain nude beige color, and a brightly flowered garter belt with which to hold them up, to go along with two party dresses I was to wear for the rehearsal dinner one night, and the wedding and reception the following afternoon for my only maternal uncle, and his bride to be the summer after I was in the 4th grade! So, I was about 11-12 at the time, and this was most definitely a Rite of Passage for me, since these were both Country Club affairs. I had a pastel pink dress for the dinner, and a pastel blue dress for the wedding and the reception, which was sort of my “time to shine” as the Guest Book Attendant! I was too old, very tall and too “grown up looking” (at about 5’7″ already!) to be any kind of Flower Girl, and the actual wedding was a very small affair in my Grandparent’s living room, with just a Best Man and Matron of Honor. So, I think, at that time anyway, there were just not enough roles to pass around for everyone! I was pleased, because I think that particular role wasn’t a well or widely known one for many weddings to fill.
Later, I was to be allowed to wear my stockings and patent leather party shoes to church on Sundays, but not on Wednesday nights, or to school.
By the time reached 8th grade, and was wearing definitive high hemlines,
Ack! Bumped that silly button again! That thing ALWAYS gets in my way when I least need – or expect it!)
By the time I reached 8th grade, and was wearing definitivly higher hemlines, I really couldn’t afford to wear pantyhose because their biggest weakness is “run one leg, they’re both ruined” so I was still stuck in stockings and a garter belt! I had to get creative, and show my mom that I could make them work out almost as reliably as stockings. So, I did that, by cutting the damaged leg off of each of two pair, turn one wrong side out to flip-flop it so I could wear a “good” leg on each side, and make them last longer! Eventually, pantyhose got to be about as economical as the stockings that were getting harder to find, and I finally just wore those out entirely!
As for control garments, I could never get used to the things, no matter what. I really didn’t require anything with much control at all, being “built like a garden rake” with no fleshiness at all to “encase” or to mold. I had no hips to speak of, and was 5’8″ tall weighing about 125-130 pounds for ages. That was actually pretty thin for the times, and on a large frame, even that didn’t show up. Most of the time, I lived in jeans, t-shirts or button up collared shirts, crop tops, shorts, and bare feet, sandals or sneakers in warm weather anyway. No need or room for any kind of girdle with that in the 70’s! It’s no wonder that they basically fell off the face of the earth for the majority of us by then anyway! And, I bet you any amount of money these days that you couldn’t get any 12 year old girl anywhere near one of them without the use of restraints!! Have you seen what they wear now? And so many of them are still built like 10 year old boys, when they are twice the age, there’s no way you could get anything sized right now anyway. But, that’s OK. Time marches on – after all – we got out of hoop skirts after a while too!
OK – NOW I’M DONE!
Sdaven: Thank you for your comments. The period of time was called the Golden Age of Girdles. Sadly you are correct about young girls in the present day they have not idea
how beneficial a decent vintage girdle worn daily really is. Interesting enough young girls if they kept a very open mind would actually be really pleasantly surprised
as to how beneficial being in a vintage every day really is, you do not just look great, you clothes fit really well, but you also have much more energy and self confidence
as I am sure you are well aware of. Back during that time Mothers set an example for their daughters, wearing a vintage girdle during the Golden Age of Girdles was
considered a step towards being all grown up and being a lady. Sadly the feminist movement in the late 60ties early 70ties set up very false propaganda against bras
and girdles.
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Toms, let´s face it. The golden era of girdles are gone and as sad as it may be forever. Although we find quite a lot of girdles via internet we have to be aware that there are some hurdles. A young lady of today has hardly a chance to get in contact with girdles. From their perspective a girdle is something of the past. Even their mothers have no knowlegde about girdles anylonger. In recent years we read a lot about modern shapewear but to me it seems that has been a flash in the pan.
During the golden age of girdles mothers would have introduced their daughters to girdles. The first girdle and nylon stockings have been a step to womanhood. These times are gone.
It is a pity. Most young women (and young men too) will never experiene what it means to wear a proper girdle and how they would benefit from it. Even most mature women are no longer positive or open toward the idea of trying a girdle. If at all they wear a piece of modern shapewear for special occasions with the result that they find it uncomfortable.
To be honest. You have to learn to wear shapewear. It may take some time to get accustomed to it. Once you have mastered this step you will become aware how good you feel wearing a girdle. Restricting – yes, but it gives so much support and you feel energized too. Longtime girdle wearers like you and I know what it means to wear girdles. We would never go without one anymore. Maybe we are the last of our kind.
Klaus – you are correct you really do need to learn to wear shape wear, that I have called Girdle Training. I personally until I went to a professional corsetiere for both a fitting and Girdle Training I never realized the real benefits of daily being in a vintage girdle. There is a lot to it to learn, and in truth it really is well worth to go through the experience of Girdle Training. Back during the Golden Age of Girdles this Girdle Training experience is was what I have called “A Women’s Best Kept Secret”, which interesting enough in the present day males like you and I and others have started to learn this secret. that women knew back during the 1940ties, 50ties, and 60ties. I can understand why a women back then would want to be daily in a girdle, it wasn’t just because of the vintage styles of clothing, it had to do with the health benefits and the feeling of being energized.
There has been over the many years starting back in the 1970 ties with the feminist movement false or as it is now called Fake News and propaganda against vintage girdle with negative information. To me personally this has done women a major disservice.
You can not personally experience the benefits of being girdled if you believe a girdle is just for getting dressed up and for special occasions. To really experience the benefts of a vintage girdle a girdle should be worn as you know everday without question even when just relaxing around the house, after a few weeks you will discover how great you feel with much more energy. It really is amazing.
There was something else I also discovered after going through Girdle Training with the corsetiere the overall health benefits that being in a decent girdle does give you. What happens is that we as humans stand erect, standing erect along with time has a very negative effect on our internal organs – wearing a vintage girdle that is firm boned will give your internal organs then needed support to hold your organs in their normal natural positon. With the needed control and support that a girdle gives you over a period of time you do experience being energized. Once I discovered and experienced the support there is no way I would ever go without being in a girdle, and you find you really love being girdled.
Tom, couldn´t agree more. Once your interest in girdles awakes there are three phases.
First phase is curiosity. You try a girdle for the first few times. You don´t find it especially comfortable and may wear it for a few hours. But after you take it off it does not take long and you want to don it again. I´m with you that now a professional corsetiere is helpful. You don´t have the knowledge what to wear and with size.
The second phase is when you feel more comfortable in your girdle. You wear it more often and longer. You fall in love with your girdle. slipping in your girdle first thing in the morning becomes part of your dressing routine.
The third phase is reached when you realize that you do not want to go without a girdle anymore. You wear it every day. You feel that you need your girdle. You may call it girdle dependency but this addiction is positive. As time goes by you become aware of the benefits of being girdled. Being girdled is now a lifelong habit that will never change. The style of your girdle may vary but you will not be without a girdle.
This was the way it happened with me. For the last 25 years there was hardly a day where I did not wear a girdle. Anybody who has never tried a girdle does not know what she or he is missing. What a pity that people do not get in contact with girdles these days. Most people don´t know about girdles and when they think a girdle is something out of the past. We, as convinced as we are, should find ways to encourage others – no matter whether women or men – to try and become happy girdle wearers.
Klaus – thank you for your comments. Sadly most people males and females have absolutly no idea of the health benefits of choosing to be in a vintage girdle everyday.
I personally believe after my own girdle experience that both males and females do themselves a major disservice choosing not to wear a girdle.
I found for myself after going through Girdle Training the real benefits of what it is like to experience being girdled. It does take a little time, but one of the key parts I found was to keep your stomach muscles relaxed and just rely on the girdle to support your posture. This at first does take a little time to get use to, but I personally find that I actually love to rely on a girdle to support my stomach, I found I do have much more energy and I feel great. I believe I am correct a vintage girdle will hold and support you internal organs in their normal natural position that is why you do experience feel great when girdled.
But you are right at first it is a little uncomfortable. To get past the part of being a little uncomfortable takes developing a daily routine and eventually you do get to the point you really love being girdled everyday, and you do feel quite uncomfortable if you are not in a girdle. A girdle becomes just a part of who are, and part of you.
I have noticed over the last few years there seems to be on the internet a increase in positive information and awareness as to benefits of being in a girdle.
The key is for all of us to do whatever we can to spread the word about the Health Benefits of being daily in a vintage girdle, and I am not taking about Spanx, which is a waste of time and money.
Tom – you are right about Spanx. Spanx or modern shapewear as it is called cannot be compared with the classic or vintage girdle. To begin with it is the look. Spanx is just a tight rubber hose. Look at Rago or Cortland and you see the difference. Doesn´t an obg with its reinforcement and garters look sexy? Most women today wear a Spanx for special occasions. The awareness of what it means to be properly girdled every day has been lost.
To get most out of being girdled and to experience all the benefits it is mandatory to be girdled every day. And did you ever wonder how many men would profit from girdle wearing. Sad, that they will never make this experience. Do you remember when you started girdle wearing? How did it affect your wellbeing and your life?
Today I wear my Cuff-Top Long Leg Panty Girdle from Cortland. What a wonderful tight and encased feeling.
I agree Spanx is a waste of money, women are being fooled about Spanx. The only thing Spanx might be good for is as a starter girdle, if you are serious and want to experience the benefits of being girdled you would move to a Rago Girdle or Cortland.
There is false propaganda that vintage girdles are old fashion and uncomfortable and what you grandma wore. Which is not true at all. Spanx and some shapewear are way too light and not firm enough and you are correct Spanx does not give your stomach and back needed control and support to really experience the wonderful health benefits that we all very much need.
You are right Tom, Cortland, Rago and Triumph are my favourite girdles. I wear obg styl as well as hwpg. After long years of girdle wearing my stomach and back is so accustomed that I cannot go without a girdle anymore. And why should I? Girdle wearing may be addictive. But nothing wrong with that.
The only issue is that I like it to be tightly girdled and want more. So I started wearing longlinebra with my girdle. I love the encased feeling. I recommend it for women as well as men. But most younger men will never get the idea to try a girdle. They don´t know about girdles. When I was a teen it was normal that I saw my mother in her girdles when she changed. I was faszinated by her shinig stockings. This was the way I came to girdles. To hold the stockings a girdle was necessary.
Aside from the fact that girdle wearing for men is socially not accepted. I don´t see a chance that this will change.
Klaus – I know exactly what you are talking about. Once I was fitted by a corsetiere in a girdle and went through girdle training I was really pleasantly surprised how beneficial being in a vintage girdle daily really is, and it is way beyond me why women refuse to be in a vintage girdle everyday, I just do not get it.
As you know and I know the benefits are real – once you can relax your stomach muscles and allow the girdle to give your stomach and back needed control and support it really is amazing how great you feel. Then developing a daily routine, wake up and clean up and put on your girdle and go on with your day, this develops a positive habit.
Actually becoming addicted or girdle dependent, where you get to the point where you need to be in a girdle everday I prefer the positive benefits of being girdle and I do agree I really do not mind being addicted to needing to be girdled.
Keep doing what you are doing and spread the word “Vintage Girdles Really Are Great”.
Spreading the word vintage girdles are really great. Sounds so easy. But it is not. Firstly because most women do not wear girdles anymore. Have you ever tried to convince a woman to try a girdle? How to bring this topic up?
Girdles have a negative image. For most women a girdle is something of the past. Their first thought when hearing about girdles is that girdles are oldfashioned and uncomfortable. Although they have never tried or worn one.
So, if you try to talk to a woman about girdles her immediate answer will be: what do you know about girdles? Then you tell her that you know because you wear one all the time. Can you imagine her reaction? Males wearing girdles are not socially accepted. That makes it even more difficult to talk about girdles with women. Easily they may call you some kind of weirdo. So it seems to me very difficult to convey how good one feels in a girdle. How the feeling of tightness changes within a few days to that of support.
Even if you manage to explain the benefits of being girdled to a woman she may be afraid what her friends or partner would say. Although you can see many women every day who would benefit from wearing a girdle. They would look so much better and after a while would feel much better too.
A few years ago we often read about the reminiscence of shapewear as it is called now. But we both know that modern shapewear, like spanx, etc. has nothing in common with a vintage girdle. But to me it seems that this trend for spanx is almost over.
And young men mostly don´t know anything about girdles. During the golden age of girdles young men often saw their mothers or sisters clad in girdles when they changed clothes. My interest in girdles and stockings started at that time when I was young. This does not happen anymore.
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There are some interesting points in time in this article but I dont know if I see all of them center to heart. There is some validity but I will take hold opinion until I look into it further. Good article , thanks and we want more! Added to FeedBurner as well
After having a back injury I started to wear a girdle and then after a few years stopped, I found out that it was not a good idea to stop using one. I’m back to using one every day and like it said above I feel a lot better and even look better. Finding the proper girdle for you is a good idea, because you will enjoy having it on, i9t will work to help you feel good and look good. I noticed also I have had less stomach problems when wearing one. No one can see them so you don’t have to be up tight about having it on, go for it feel better.
Richard – thank for you post. I know in my case I have a mild case of scolosis which I have lower back pain problems – it really is hard to find a propey girdle. I went to a professional corsetiere for a solution and for a fitting with some girdle training which is what I put down here as Girdle Training. You are also correct about the less stomach problems, this is because a vintage girdle will give your stomach needed support – supporting and holding your internal organs in their normal natural position. The key is keep you stomach muscles relaxed and let the girdle just give you daily support.
Thank you your letter. I wearied girdle from four years ego. I like to wear them. I am a really girdle dependent. I have experimented the benefit of the girdle wearing. I am enjoy the sensing the relaxed stomach muscles with the support of the girdle.
I’m sorry that I did not start wearing a supportive girdle many years ago. The girdle wearing is a very good thing. At now I am not able to be without girdle. I like to be in girdle and I want to wear them. My stomach muscles used tu relaxed state so the muscles did not able to support the my stomach yet. I need not to relax them they always are in relaxed state.
best regards
Peter
Peter I agree the key is keeping your stomach muscles relaxed. It does take a little time to become accustom to the benefits of being in a girdle. Once I started to experience the benefits of being in a vintage girdle I also wish I am had been girdled many years ago, the benefits of a girdle are surely very amazing.
I have started to wear girdle four years ego. I accustomed the girdle wearing. My stomach muscles wore relaxed state in long time ego. I have experienced the beneficial of the support of girdle. I need the strong support of girdle now constantly. This is not disturb me. I am a really girdle dependent yet.
I have just tried on girdles with stockings for years, then about 20 years ago I found several vintage open bottom and panty girdles at a church bazaar for less than ten dollars and I was so turned on I could barely make it home to try them on! I have grown so addicted to the amazing feel of a girdle and then the vintage stockings and heels really put the ribbon on it. I love when I walk and can feel the thick material massage my butt cheeks and hips!! Hal.
Dear Alan. I’ve also thought about wearing the obg girdle with stockings.But this is uncomfortable and difficult to implement.I need a strong front panel to support my belly good.I keep the girdle with two thighs ribbon in the right position instead of the stocking. I used to wear the girdle. I am not able to be without the girdle and I feel very bad. My belly going to paining if I am without enough stomach support.
Peter
You are right Alan. Nothing comes close to a good fitting girdle and stockings. Every morning it´s pure joy to slip into my girdle, to don the stockings on my freshly shaven legs and fasten them on the garters. I became aware of girdles when I tried one of my mother´s girdles at the age of 14. Since my early thierties I have been wearing girdles almost daily. I cannot imagine to go without one again.
What I believe happens for both women and males once you experience the stomach and back support that a decent vintage girdle will give you you will discover the benefits a girdle does give you and you find you will need to daily be always in a girdle, and you will love the real benefits. What I discovered if I not in a girdle something seriously feels missing and I do not feel dressed and I am very uncomfortable without a girdle. Once I discovered these girdle benefits I was really pleasantly surprised.
Dear Tom.
I have wore girdle more than for years continuously. I like the support of girdle. In the last mount I tried to living without girdle for the hot weather. I tried how can I living without girdle support. The first time was not bad. I was quite fine. I thought that I can living without girdle. After living two weeks time without girdle the things became worse and more worse. After a month living without girdle my energy decreased, my digest ware bad, my waist started to hurt. After I pulled up my girdle.This was the heaven. I got back my energy ,I felt myself good.
Dear Tom you are right the girdle wearing e good thing.
Peter